Andrew Sutherland

Andrew works on all aspects of the Quizlet product and leads the engineering team. He started Quizlet in high school in order to do better in his French 3 class. Andrew studied Computer Science at MIT, and left after 3 years to pursue Quizlet full time.

I started Quizlet in 2005 to help myself with my high school french class. Since then, Quizlet has become one of the largest education sites in the world. We recently passed 5 million sets and 150 million terms and definitions. Over 3 million people use Quizlet every month. It's very gratifying to see the positive response people have had to Quizlet, and to see how many people depend on it to help them with all manner of school subjects.

All of this has happened while I've had other major priorities in my life - first high school, then studying computer science at MIT. I've been working on Quizlet throughout, coming home to the Bay Area during summer and winter breaks to work with the full-time team in San Francisco. This arrangement has allowed me to pursue my education and run a fast-moving startup at the same time. But over the last few months, it's become increasingly clear that Quizlet could be much bigger and better than it is now, and the only way that's going to happen is if I come out to work full time on it. I can do two things ok, but doing one thing and spending 100% of my time on it will allow Quizlet to become the major force in education that I think it could be.

So now I'm super excited to be joining the rest of the team. It's been an amazing experience to see other people get excited as I am about this little tool I built in my bedroom in high school. We're assembling a world-class team and hiring as fast as we can (if you know any great developers or Quizlet enthusiasts, let us know).

With all this said, MIT is the greatest place on earth. The people are extremely intelligent, down-to-earth, and fun to be around. It's a very challenging environment, and there's something to learn from every single person. There's a chance I'll come back to MIT to finish it off, but right now my first priority is Quizlet and making it great. I wouldn't be leaving unless I thought Quizlet could be a big business and have a huge impact. I'll be out on the East Coast for one more month while I finish up at MIT, then I'll get my own apartment in SF and get to work!

Developer Phil Freo and two interns (Chase and Arkajit) map out a new game at our San Francisco HQ.

Quizlet is a great tool for learning vocabulary and lots of other stuff. It produces fantastic results for students. But it only solves a few problems really well, and there are lots of problems in education. I don't think Quizlet, or any technology, is the solution to the problems in K-12 education, but it can play a part. My goal is to make Quizlet a very important and meaningful tool for students and teachers everywhere. It should do a lot more to help you learn languages: it should know about verb conjugations, about grammar, about spelling, and other aspects of language. It should help you understand concepts deeply and in many different ways. It should continue being the things that have made it great already: practical, efficient, social, and fast.

Comments

April 9, 2011

Topspin and JGDenver

First comment ( I think)

April 9, 2011

Topspin and JGDenver

And second comment too! Wahoo!

April 9, 2011

Brady

Hey man! Congrats on your decision. I stumbled upon Quizlet early on in your beginning and had long ago forgotten about it until Hacker News tonight. Great to see how things are going and I'm looking forward to playing with quizlet tomorrow :)

April 9, 2011

Tiberius

This kid has great hustle and smarts. Thanks so much for Quizlet, it's helped so much for me and tons of friends in high school so far.

Keep kicking ass,

Tiberius.

April 9, 2011

borski

Congrats Andrew. I wish you all the best. Hopefully I'll see you out in the bay area soon. We should sorely catch up. Shoot me an email at borski@mit.edu

April 9, 2011

Anon

Best luck. Don't f up like me. Finish your undergrad within ten years. Put it in your calendar.

April 9, 2011

Saketh

Congratulations on making the decision to focus on Quizlet -- I wish you best of luck.

April 9, 2011

justin

hit me up when you get to SF. We should talk. @jdavid

April 9, 2011

Eric Zhang

Congrats man!

April 9, 2011

Anonymous

All the best, man. Good luck.

April 9, 2011

Hassan Seth

Andrew, interesting to see such a note. All the best for Quizlet.com

April 9, 2011

Swajit

Congrats dude...great to see people following there passion

April 10, 2011

Your Mother

The best way to learn is through experience - good decision on focusing 100% on Quizlet! The only thing waiting for you after finishing school is working on a startup anyways.

April 10, 2011

Paul Stamatiou

Grats! I've been following along for a while with frequent Phil Freo updates :)

April 10, 2011

Rob

In my opinion, the best way to "understand concepts deeply and in many different ways" is to stay at M.I.T.

April 10, 2011

David

wow... i'm really surprised to hear about u leaving MIT... but i really love ur site and wish u much more success with it... i will help anyway i can... i'll shoot u an email with some recommendations shortly... i'm definitely an enthusiast but i'm teaching in korea so i'm not sure how much help i can be over here... cheers mate ;~)

April 10, 2011

Sinaj

I just stumbled across Quizlet about a mont ago. I am an older adult who is going back to school as a result of my becoming unemployed. This site has been a Godsend. Thank you so much and best wishes. I know your mother must be proud. Congratulations!

Thats ggreat! But remember to finish college! MIT is a great school and you should never pass up the oppurtunity of getting a degree from there..

April 10, 2011

Helen

I've been following Quizlet from very early days - and always loved it.

You've taken a big decision - but I'm sure it will work out.

One area I'd love you to expand is support for Foreign languages - I'd love the audio recognition in different languages.
Good luck

April 10, 2011

Iceydude168

I wish you luck, and again, thanks for all the work you guys are putting into making Quizlet great.

April 10, 2011

bailey820

awesome story shared with my quizlet friends. this site has helped me get "A's" on all of my subjects.THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

April 10, 2011

Rachel

i love quizlet, and i really appreciate the sacrifice you're making by leaving MIT, such an amazing and prestigious school to help us. i hope that you'll have a chance to go back if that's what you want to do, and i hope you know that you've got more than 1 million appreciative teens (except commenter 17 up there). we love you andrew!

April 10, 2011

DERP

herro

April 10, 2011

Summer

I just found this site today! I was studying for a Science test and it had all information I needed to study. THANKS!!

April 10, 2011

Some guy with a computer

Thank you for making Quizlet the wonderful learning tool that it is. Good luck to you on your future endeavors.

April 10, 2011

evan

great decision. i cant wait to see what qiuzlet will be now that it is being completely focoused on

April 10, 2011

Arkajit

Congrats on making this official! Can't wait to see what you guys have in store. Rooting for you and the entire Quizlet team :)

April 10, 2011

yankee fan!! what what

aww....thats so nice...this site is awesome for studying..and funn too! Thanks for making it rock and for choosing to better it..you guys are amazing:)

April 10, 2011

Clpro1974

Congratulations on Quizlet's success over the years. I understand your decision to leave MIT, for now to work on it full time. However, please go back to school and finish it off. It is always better to have that degree under your belt. The very best of luck to you:)

On another note, have you ever thought of creating a Quizlet app for iPhone/smartphone. It would be great if there was an option in the app to not only download cards from the puter, which all my apps have already, but to also create cards on my iPhone then upload to Quizletr to share with fellow students in my group.

Also, as a new RN student it would be great to include lung/heart sounds on my Quizlet. Thank you for integrating pics without having to use drop box or similar. I don't know how you do it but thank you so much for such a user friendly, reasonably priced, and valuable tool for my and my son's studies.

April 10, 2011

Jaime

Dear Andrew,

I had know idea who the man was behind Quizlet and was surprised to know the story behind this great site! I am learning a language for my job and was introduced to Quizlet through one of the instructors. The site is awesome and I love the new voice feature. I wish you all the best of luck with this site and the company and can't wait to see what great innovations Quizlet implements next. And one note, if somehow, you do come up with a Quizlet app, please remember us Blackberry users! No one does!

Congratulations!!

April 10, 2011

Kyle

Andrew,
Good luck with making Quizlet even better than it already is. I don't know if leaving MIT is the right choice to focus on Quizlet, but I wish you the best!

April 10, 2011

John

Sir you are one brave person.

April 10, 2011

Andrew

All the words in the world wouldn't be enough to thank you for your contribution to the world of education. It has helped me endless nights over the past few years. The med school journey would not be complete without Quizlet!

April 10, 2011

Parag Shah

I have also been splitting my time between programming for others and working on my own education startup. Recently I decided that it's difficult to manage both, so stopped consulting and am working on my startup full time.

http://www.diycomputerscience.com

April 11, 2011

Ann

Thanks so much! Quizlet has brought me straight A's in English.

April 11, 2011

Merry_Brandybuck

Hey Andrew,

I discovered Quizlet just over a month ago and have a suggestion.

I have been monitoring the top "AP English Language and Composition" search results and have acheived the highest Scatter score in the top 20 or 30 results. The problem is that I would like to go on doing so, but it's time consuming to visit 20- or 30-plus pages every time I check to see if someone's bested one of my high scores.

As a computer programmer myself, I don't think it would be difficult to put on every user's page a table with all the sets that that user is "watching" along with who has the high score in each activity. (You could have an option on every set to "watch this set".) You could then have a setting on every user's page that asks the user if he wants to have automatically added to his "watch" list all the sets in which he has high scores. I would check this on my user page. Then whenever I got a high score on something, it would be automatically added to my user page on a table that at a glance would let me know if someone has surpassed my high score. I could also "watch" sets in which I had not yet acheived the high score, but wanted to.

Competition is a very effective motivator!

Merry

April 11, 2011

Eminem is ahhmazing(:

Congrats! This is great! Can't wait for more! :D

April 11, 2011

I think that leaving college was actually really stupid on your part! what if quizlet doesnt work out and you dont have a college degree? I think that quizlet is great, but giving up a good education for it is nuts

April 11, 2011

sugar and spice

I agree! I think it is a kinda stupid choice.

April 11, 2011

Melik

Finish school when you are done making Quizlet better ok? Oh, and can there be an iPhone app made please?

April 11, 2011

Elaine

good luck with your new adventure! i found quizlet earlier this semester..apparently all the bio kids in my class use this website! it's great! you can always go back to MIT, but an opportunity like this only comes once in a lifetime. can't wait to see the improvements!

April 11, 2011

Theo

Can you make so that whenever someone edits a set it goes to the top of whatever group it is in?

April 11, 2011

Theo

Yes please an iphone app, so you can log in to your Quizlet and edit, create sets from their. Or make a mobile version for your site.

April 12, 2011

maria

Thanks lots for creating this site Andrew!
This site helped me through my high school years studying for the SATs and made my life much easier. It's regrettable that you're leaving MIT. I could have thanked you in person if you were around till fall. But since you're heading out for the better, good luck on your business!
I wish you the very best, especially because I plan to be the direct beneficiary of the improved Quizlet:D

April 12, 2011

Mrs. Smith

I use Quizlet with every class I teach and my students love it. Good luck with you career, and I hope you return someday to finish your degree. :-)

April 12, 2011

meee

this is not good

April 12, 2011

Jake

Congrats man. I love this website, I've gotten so many A's because of it. Best of luck to you.

April 12, 2011

so many comments already wow... I guess that's a life-changing decision you have taken.

Congrats and good luck, I haven't explored quizlet yet, but I've been loving it so far. Thanks a lot for this.

April 12, 2011

Leah V

I have been using Quizlet since the beginning and i will use it forever :)
i totally support your choice and i wish you the best of luck!!
You have helped so many people learn and do well in school and that is an achievement which means something!

April 12, 2011

Marcos G

Why does it look like you guys are playing magic in the middle of an office?

April 12, 2011

SOOO xcited

@marcos G: they r and they kool like that i think they do enough to help us and they deserve a break once in a while (even if they are working in the pic just go w wat i say k?)

April 12, 2011

Kate

My daughter is a freshman in high school. She was struggling in a western civ class until she started using Quizlet. Now she is consistently earning A's and B's in the class. I really can't thank you enough. MIT was lucky to have you. I am sure they will welcome you back with an Honorary Degree someday. Please let me know if I can ever write a testimonial about Quizlet.

Best wishes!

April 12, 2011

SOOO xcited

PS i would love to be able to see who has studied and or worked on my sets

April 12, 2011

:D

This website helped me pass spanish :D

April 12, 2011

!

you are throwing your life away. STAY IN SCHOOL!

April 12, 2011

danjh93

No he's not. It's great that he's decided to stick with something amazing that he started a couple of years ago. I would love to do that someday with my programs and I know that this site has a lot of potential.
Great job and I wish you the best of luck!

April 12, 2011

Jordan

Great choice and i agree education needs to be fixed. Yet America is doing pretty well considering its population.

Anyway Best of luck !

April 12, 2011

catchmeifyoucan

Wow, what an inspiring tale, Andrew. The modern day and age is a beautiful one to be living in. Go out and give the Facebook mob a run for their money! I wouldn't have left uni (too much fun ^^) but ambition is a powerful force. Brilliant stuff!

April 13, 2011

nameless individual

The decision to leave MIT must have been tough, but Quizlet is probably such an emotional and time-filled investment for you that I can't say I dissaprove of the decision. Quizlet has helped me start learning foreign languages both in and outside of the classroom; it has definately grown into a valuable tool. We all wish you the best of luck!

April 13, 2011

I'm sorry you're leaving school.... one day you will wish you stayed! Education is very powerful, although sometimes other things feel more important. Good luck as you begin to work on Quizlet full time! All of us students appreciate your hard work and dedication.

April 13, 2011

Nikki

MIT will be there when you get done doing what you want to do. I can't wait to see all the new features!

April 13, 2011

Natalie

Congratulations! I'm so happy Quizlet can support you as much as it helps us! :D
I know plenty of successful business people who have not finished their education, and it's good you are open to returning to MIT!

I've been using quizlet for two years now and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for making it! I would not have the grades I do if it had not been for quizlet! But please keep prices reasonable, my other favorite flashcard site "IKnow,jp" (very elaborate and amazing for long term memory formation) finally started charging.. $70 a year! :( Please keep Quizlet accessible!

April 13, 2011

Adam

Congratulations dude! I'm still not in my teens yet but I really appreciate all you have created for people to benefit from it including me. I hope this decision works out for you! With the best of luck, Adam

April 13, 2011

romello

this helps me more with espanol

April 13, 2011

misha1035

As a teacher who has been using Quizlet for a couple of years now, I want to thank you for creating Quizlet. It has been an extremely useful tool for me, and I'm sure for others as well! I wish you luck in all your future endeavors, and again 'Thank you!'

April 13, 2011

Samoil

Stick to MIT. I NEVER WOULD DROP OUT :mad:

April 13, 2011

Samoil

Can you make a Mr. Monopoly emoticon? Please?

April 13, 2011

Latin...Latin...and...more Latin

Congratz man. Good luck with you future. Your website....ROCKS

April 13, 2011

:D

You are the next Bill Gates leaving Harvard to pursue his dream of creating a computer company.

April 13, 2011

narwhal101

no, leaving a better IT college than harvard--this is MIT.
You're a genius. How's chinese coming along for Quizlet?

April 13, 2011

Katerina

This is an awesome site. I've just started using it recently but I'm already seeing results, thanks. Aside from saving on the time of cutting paper or the money of buying endless flashcards...it also must save a fair amount of trees too :)

April 14, 2011

Potom

Hi,

As regards to what you were saying at the end of your message about learning languages, I would like to suggest one improvement; you could create a program which tells you when you have to study words you have already learnt.
Indeed, the more you know a word for a long time, the less you need to study it, because it is kind of settled in your brain. On the contrary, when you know a word for a few time, you need to repeat and repeat it again until it gets settled in your brain. So, maybe you could imagine a program which would tell you which words you have to study again, depending on your results when your testing your knowledge and on the lenght of time between when you entered them into Quizlet and now.

Well, I hope it was clear, because I'm not a native English-speaker, as you can see. But maybe I could have said that in French? ;-)

Cheers and Good Luck!

PS: what I like the most in Quizlet, it is that it's on the internet, so I can have access to my flashcards from every computer, and not only from my home.

April 14, 2011

Fedora

I loooove this site! My biology teacher told me about, and my friends and I have been using it ever since. Definitely helps keep my grades up =) Thank you!

April 14, 2011

Shannon

I really think you should stay in school. Quizlet is a great place and its doing really well and I think it can wait a couple years until you finish school.

April 14, 2011

i think he knows what he is risking, but has decided Quizlet WILL be successful, good job Andrew

April 14, 2011

Lou Sangdahl

You should finish school but...
Selfishly, I'm glad to hear this as I'm a high school special education teacher and a parent who is a HUGE fan of Quizlet!!!
I'll be looking forward to what's next for Quizlet!

April 14, 2011

Anvith

I am very happy that you are thinking of making Quizlet even better, I love it and it has helped me a lot

Thanks for what you do :D

April 14, 2011

Daniel

Glad to see that Quizlet will be getting your full attention! Quizlet has been a lifesaver for me after smart.fm decided to charge $12 a month (something I can't afford). Turns out that Quizlet in many ways is a better learning tool. Thanks again. :)

April 14, 2011

Biscuits

Are you planning on making money through Quizlet now? I mean this is a great website, but if I was in your shoes, I wouldn't had given up college....

April 15, 2011

Mr.McAwesome

I agree...Quizlet only needs so much work done...personally, I would have finished with MIT and made something of myself at such an opportunity.

April 16, 2011

Loyepyles

Thank you for creating Quizlet, I had an idea for something similar when I was in high school, but I do not have the computer expertise that you obviously do. So thank you very much for helping me through nursing school!

April 16, 2011

je007

Amazing work! This has helped me SO MUCH in studying Spanish!

April 16, 2011

thumpaholden

I'm amused by the confidence some people have shown in judging his decision to be stupid or sensible. How can we possibly know? How can HE know? I have to acknowledge that judging the tradeoff between being persistent (or pigheaded) and flexible (or flighty) is difficult. The future is very maleable and everyone's situation is unique. Remember: we're only seeing a tiny window into his situation. Anyway, it's HIS business. All I know is that I wish him the very best (cos this site has done TONNES of great stuff for me) and encourage him to always be honest with himself.

April 16, 2011

HarryPotterRocks

that rules, but you should go finish your degree.

:)

April 16, 2011

victoryaukiwi

Wow Andrew. It's great that you're now devoting yourself a lot more fully to Quizlet. Leaving MIT seems to be a bit extreme of a sacrifice to me though. Thanks for everything. Your awesome.

April 16, 2011

BOB

Congrats. Quizlet rocks.

April 17, 2011

Alex

I went from wasting my potential and recieving mulitple D's and F's to getting honor roll the very next semester i found this website. I couldn't have asked for something better. Can't wait to see how you improve it.

April 17, 2011

Jana

Andrew, first off, CONGRATS! i find it so awesome that you are chasing your dream. that's what life is all about. i think more people should do that, including myself. i did have a suggestion though! it would be so sweet if you added a feature that when you were "learning" the flashcards, you could check the ones you got wrong and just go back to those certain ones later. that way i could focus on the ones i sucked on. but it's just a suggestion! Quizlet is awesome and it's helping me so much in Grad school. Best of luck :)

April 17, 2011

SOOO xcited

same here Alex i was a FAIL at school and i hated it more than anything but now i am actually getting all As and a few Bs THANK YOU QUIZLET I LOVE U WITH ALL MY HEART AND SO DO MY PARENTS &lt;3

April 17, 2011

!

Education is important! DON"T LEAVE! YOu will regret it!

April 17, 2011

supercool

hey this realy works even thought i have to be on education thank u

April 17, 2011

April4692

Currently a college freshman, and have been using this site since the beginning of high school. It's really been coming along well, and the updates and new features have really made it even easier for me to study and commit to memory terms I'd have a harder time managing otherwise.

However, if this site will expand further, my primary concern is whether or not the site will stay free. I would be discouraged to use the site if I had to pay for it, and I would go back to index flash cards.

Otherwise, keep up the great work!

April 17, 2011

Paula

Hey dude, thanks for Quizlet. Add more games to it k? K thanks. &lt;3 You guys are the best.

April 18, 2011

IHEARTQUIZLET!!!!

Thanks for taking quizlet to the next level. I really enjoy studdying online here. But seriously!!! Why so soon? Why not after you finish at MIT???? Thanks again, MORE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mabey more options on the test setting?? Thanks again.

April 18, 2011

Jay

Just want to say THANK YOU. It must have been a hard decision. I think we all should definitely show respect for your decision.

April 18, 2011

Anonymous

Stay in school, make this open source and everyone can work on it :)

April 18, 2011

roseagle

We love Quizlet and use it for lots of subjects. I do hope that the new venture will be the same, non-distracting, relatively ad-free pages. Nothibg would turn me off faster than lots of ads mucking up the page.

I also hope that it will continue to be a public resource, free of charge. If it isn't we probably won't use it.

Thanks for Quizlet and good luck!

April 18, 2011

kir

Go back to MIT the site can hold off a few years!

April 18, 2011

kewlbro

Congrats but.. you know how many kids would do so much to get into MIT? Unless you plan on making more profit on quizlet than getting a job in the field of computer science, i dont see why you would leave!

April 18, 2011

Admiral Fidelia

I know this is really your choice, but I really think you should finish up your years at MIT. You are beyond lucky to go there (I personally didn't apply, but many of my friends did and are heartbroken that they weren't accepted). You are obviously very smart, and you were given the opportunity to study at an amazing school. Before you make your official decision, maybe think about what you are leaving...

Quizlet is great, by the way. :)

April 18, 2011

nnylfnayr

Best of luck to you and the rest of the team! Glad to hear you'll be returning to MIT eventually, hopefully I'll run in to you in a few years! Go beavers!

April 18, 2011

Sarah

Hey Andrew, I'm still getting an error message every time I make a set saying that "There was an error connecting to this webpage. Please refresh and try again," and that it's unable to connect to Quizlet. However, when I click "OK," the set appears. Any idea of why this is happening?

April 18, 2011

Zheng

Good Luck, Man.

April 18, 2011

don't leave MIT! DON"T be stupid! School is important!

April 18, 2011

ctyonahl

"Stay in school, make this open source and everyone can work on it"

Well, there is an API...

April 19, 2011

SOOO xcited

y was the site down (by the way the pic of andrew snoring was funny)

April 19, 2011

Eleanor

If you want to make Quizlet a major force, you must plan on making it your professional career...am I right? I mean you are leaving MIT for it. Does this mean you will be trying to make more money from it/making Quizlet Plus such a greater force that regular quizlet will be nearly ineffective, forcing users to either abandon it or upgrade? OR are you planning on forgetting free Quizlet altogether? Please fill us in on your plans for Quizlet financially - not the personals, but for the site and it's users.

April 19, 2011

SOOO xcited

i agree w/ eleanor whats gonna happen with us its not like ur gonna go work as a publix bagger uv already proved ur smarter than that u gotta make money somehow if theres gonna be a fee i wanna know about it

April 19, 2011

AC

Thanks for the update- congrats on your decision! As a high school sophomore, i use quizlet all the time and all my friends do too. Our school actually advises it to us as a good site to study with!

Great job, and thanks again,
AC

April 19, 2011

Arummmanis

Hi Andrew,

I just want to say Quizlet has helped a lot in saving my time making flashcard for teaching Chinese. My students spend a lot of revision time on it and I gotta to say that they owe it to you for their increasing vocab test results. Bu using this website, I can generate vocab test as often as I wanted to because it is so easy and it only take me 5 minutes to do it. Yaaaay!

Thank you so much.

http://arumhandayani.blogspot.com/

April 20, 2011

Path2boards

I love quizlet. i moved here from another FC program. But , and I know this is unsolicited advice, should you leave MIT? Couldnt' you work on Quizlet during the summers and breaks? A degree in computer science is something that you would have even IF quizlet doesn't work out. I just hope that you don't regret it... Good luck in all of your endeavors though!

April 20, 2011

Tom

Thank you very much for Quizlet. Without it, I would not be going into the field of Nuclear Chemistry. Best of luck to both you, your interns, and friends
-Tom

April 20, 2011

James

Quizlet is august. I use quizlet to help me study for the SAT basic word list words. It is very helpful.

April 20, 2011

Anon

Christ, people. He's not throwing his life away. He's already got a successful website, and even if for some reason it stopped being successful, he could either go back to MIT or do something else with his technical/business skills. Do you all think Mark Zuckerberg threw his life away by dropping out of Harvard?

April 20, 2011

Gabrielle

love your thought of making quizlet better!! I can't imagine my life without quizlet!!! Best of luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 20, 2011

Lori Guidos

Congrats Andrew!

I agree with your decision.

Found my self in a similar position a few years ago.

I look forward to using quizlet as it grows!

Best,

Lori Guidos
DisabledCommunity.Org

April 20, 2011

Ryan J

Best of luck! And keep up the good work, man!

April 21, 2011

can you PLEASE tell us why you kept going down a few says ago

April 21, 2011

Bob

I love Quizlet because it is very cool. It also helps me do. Thank you so much for having this. I think I so much better on Tests

April 21, 2011

Bob

That is good.

April 21, 2011

wendeli

Grats on your success, wonder what Mrs.Selvin thinks about all this...

April 22, 2011

sherry

I am an older student and quizlet has helped me so much. My daughter is in college and now she is using it also. When finals come around I know I have everything on quizlet and no searching for note cards.

April 23, 2011

char

I love your product, and I owe my good grades to quizlet. Go follow your dreams, you helped me to follow mine!

April 24, 2011

i

Wish you all the best! Thanks a lot for Quizlet.

April 24, 2011

Ryan

I wish you all the best. You have created something great and very meaningful to my studies. I look forward to supporting you in the future and hope you continue to be passionate about quizlet.com.

April 24, 2011

Liam

Best of luck. Huge props to you man

April 24, 2011

me

Good Luck! Wish you all the best!

April 24, 2011

Joel

Congrats, my grade has a big group for everyone in it! We all help each other through quizlet and it is an amazing tool!

April 24, 2011

person

you left the MIT the college I wish I could get in to it someday . I hope i was a good idea leaving

April 24, 2011

anon

I would definitely use Google Moderator (or an easy equivalent that doesn't require google sign in) to get some great crowdsourced ideas - I've already seen so many suggestions by people who've just commented on this post, I'm sure all the people you've helped will give you ideas for improvements as fast as you can apply them.

Also, I'm ridiculously excited for when this becomes a mainstream tool for use in schools - worldwide. While this was shown to me by a teacher willing to embrace new things, after moving schools I'm aware that not all schools are. Good luck.

April 25, 2011

ben2727

wow you must really like your site

April 25, 2011

good luck!

April 25, 2011

beckarabbit

Quizlet: Best site EVER!

April 25, 2011

nate 2727

no more mit. yeah!

April 25, 2011

qwerty4snax

nice

April 25, 2011

AWESOME man keep it up!! this website is the bomb SOOO HELPFUL!!

April 26, 2011

Josh Smith

Best wishes on your increased commitment and I look forward to experiencing new features and upgrades to come. I am a student in the Cincinnati area and was introduced to Quizlet a few quarters ago. Also, I tutor for biology and psychology in a grant funded program called Supplemental Instruction. Through this group tutoring program, I introduce Quizlet to approximately 40 students each quarter and all who use it love it's simple interface and usability.
The best feature about Quizlet is that it provides instant corrective feedback. This is the "Holy Grail" of education. If it were possible, all teachers would love to be able to sit next to each student and correct missteps. Of course keeping track of the score is a close second best feature, since performance unmeasured is less meaningful. Although I believe that the largest problem with U.S. education is a cultural one, it wont hurt to sharpen the tools of the trade.

April 26, 2011

zaknownperson

i hope that you can make this site a great one for learning

this site is almost as good as shepherd software

no insult intended

April 26, 2011

aduffle

i love this site. updating it to be more eyecatching would be nice. GOOD LUCK WITH WHAT EVER U DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

April 26, 2011

bglowiak

good luck!!!

April 26, 2011

Tree

I have been using Quizlet for over two years now and it never fails me. I'd like to thank you for creating such a helpful site that has helped (and continues to) millions of students. I don't know if it's worth leaving MIT, but if you're that dedicated, then I hope you continue to update this site and make it even more helpful to all those students.

April 26, 2011

another MIT-er

Best of luck! Really inspirational, that you've managed to do all of this. I'd recommend trying to recruit people to make an MCATs section - I'm sure that would be very popular. =)

April 27, 2011

irishninja515

Quizlet is probably the reason I've survived and PASSED my required year of college Latin. Thank you for your dedication to this site!
I love Quizlet the way it is right now in its simplicity... there's too much to get distracted with while studying, and the simple way this is set up helps me focus SO MUCH. Thank you and cannot wait to see what is next for Quizlet!

April 27, 2011

Angela

"...All that you do,
Do with your might;
Things done by halves
Are not done right."

One thing is clear: very few people replying to this post have any idea of the suffering that is incurred in attaining the Brass Rat. Also clear is that even fewer understand that if you are leaving MIT in good standing, this is probably the road that the university wishes for you to pursue. MIT doesn't exist for the sole purpose of handing out diplomas to undergrads - it exists firstly to educate its students so that they might revolutionize technology. Your brass ring has arrived early, and I'm glad that you are reaching for it! (The Brass Rat can be garnered later. I'm honestly not sure how you managed to do anything outside of p-sets during your time at MIT, much less simultaneously developing a company.)

As a non-traditional student returning to school to pursue a medical career (while also learning Spanish)...I can't begin to tell you what a godsend this site has been for me. Outside of school, Quizlet was the way that I learned all of my medical Spanish in record time, enabling me to gain experience as a Volunteer Interpreter between doctors and patients at a local clinic. This site has also been incredible for the kids (ESL to quasi-ESL) who I tutor at an after-school program where I volunteer, as the games I have been able to create on it have changed the way that these children view learning, now realizing that it can be a fun endeavor. I use Quizlet for so many projects, and am always shocked at the numerous capabilities of the site.

And as a former VP in corporate finance...I can't begin to tell you how much I'd like to be in your next round of VC financing. More important than any wealth that you achieve via Quizlet (your first endeavor) will be the far more valuable and once-in-a-lifetime experience you will gain by pursuing this route (vs. staying at MIT), although it sounds like you have already learned a crucial lesson that many CEO's never learn: you can't know it all or do it all! (Great job keeping perspective, incidentally.) There will be ups and downs in the future, for sure, but I can't wait to see what it holds for you, Quizlet, and the many other companies that you will likely create in your lifetime.

(#143 poster is spot-on. Also, it would be amazing if things could be grouped into med student exams/nursing/etc.)

April 27, 2011

Love it! ?

This site is really really really really extremely!!!!!!!!!!! helpful!

Becasue of this web site my grades going up!

This websites is most important site then facebook, myspace and any other famous sites!

Thank you ! Thank you!!!!

April 28, 2011

Kat

This site is awesome!!! It can help you with everything!!! I study on here every night!!!!!! = B

April 28, 2011

Quiz lover!

Hey!!!!
I love your creation, its helped me out so much. I don't loose my flashcards anymore, i am able to quiz my self at a quicker pace, and sometimes someone already has the flashcards for me! Great idea/invention its saved many!

April 28, 2011

Andrew

Angela -- thanks for your note. The things you said about MIT are definitely right.

April 28, 2011

Sahana

Hi,

Thanks so much for the effort of putting Quizlet together. This really, really helps me with tests and quizzes because these days, all my teacher puts on the tests and quizzes are vocabulary. My sister said she used this site for her school when she was in middle school and she told me that it really helped and so I tried it. It's far better than what she said it was because I'm getting really good grades now. I also realized most of my classmates are using Quizlet, and I did not know you did this just to help you study for your school when you were in high school. If you had not thought of this site, where would I be?

I have a suggestion for Quizlet. I accidentally added myself to a group and I want to get out of it because I have no idea what its talking about. I cannot find a way to exclude myself from the group. If you have the capability to fix that, please do.

April 29, 2011

Harrison

I found this website in 2006 when I was in sixth grade. Quizlet has helped me so much for the past 5 years and I would just like to say Thank You! I hope Quizlet leads you to success because I know it has certainly helped me!

April 29, 2011

Jordan

I'm a TeachForAmerica alumnus and can tell you from experience; the more you are able to create interesting, entertaining, and to be honest, addictive methods (games) which will encourage learners to delve into the material they are trying to learn the more successful you will be. You are right in saying that Quizlet in its current form cannot solve all of the problems currently facing K-12 education, but the time is rapidly approaching, indeed we should have reached it long ago, where teachers need only play a minor role in the education of an adolescent. Computer sofware through gaming in one form or another has the potential to completely revolutionize education. If designed correctly, the teacher may not even need to be present for most instruction. If you were to exploit this fact, you could shake the entire world. I can tell you from my time in the Bronx, millions of children are anxiously awaiting the endless possibilities of such an effective education.

April 29, 2011

The Benevolent Guava

Quizlet has saved my life many times. I am eternally grateful.

April 29, 2011

heather

I really like this website because it really helps me to memorize the meanings and spellings of vocabulary of tests I have in classes. I know that a lot of my teachers are finding this website and putting flashcards of vocab on our tests. I hope more and more people learn about this website and I hope that more people create their own accounts (its free!) because then they can make their own flashcards to study from and believe me, it really helps! it is really fun and easy! my favorite part is that the website generates tests that have random multiple choice options, I never knew that it had that kind of technology! thanks QUIZLET for everything!

May 1, 2011

Anonymous

No! Don't leave MIT! It's so hard to get into and you are blowing off a great opportunity! You have a team working on Quizlet already, let them get to work. Once you finish your education you can apply the skills you learned to Quizlet! Don't be a college dropout! Please reconsider.

May 1, 2011

Miaow

Wow, this is a great site and I'd be lost without it. I think you're right that it has some major potential, but DON'T LEAVE MIT FOR IT!!! Don't ever sacrifice your education for anything! If it has potential now, it'll have potential when you finish school.

May 1, 2011

Mida

Wow,congrats!Though are you sure you thought this through?You might regret it later on.
Whatever happens,you have our support

May 1, 2011

Claire R.

That is really dumb to leave MIT just so you can work on quizlet. I mean this site is really useful for me and my friends and everyone. But you shouldn't risk your academics for quizlet. I mean you can work on quizlet in your free time over the summer or something. It's great as it is I mean I don't know how much better it can get

May 1, 2011

Some Person

Quizlet is awesome and I think it's really great to know that you would give up your academics for all of us studiers, but I sort of agree with Claire R., Miaow, Anonymous, etc. I am a little slow at getting my comments out on things, but I really think you should finish your studies!!! BUT thank you so so so so so so much for creating Quizlet, it has gotten me a lot of A's I would have never ever gotten if I had not made virtual flashcards! It is awesome as is! My teachers use it, my friends use it, I use it!!!!! THANK YOU, BUT DONT LEAVE MIT!!!!!!

May 1, 2011

Abe

Great going, brother!! Big congratz!! What kind of car do you drive?

May 2, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg

Congrats dude

May 2, 2011

Kristi

I LOVE QUIZLET!!!

May 2, 2011

Gabe Kearns

cool

May 2, 2011

dude

first

May 2, 2011

Carlos

Good for you! I can see the great potential of you becoming the next Zuckerberg. You deserve it. Just do not forget about us, the poor, when you get there. All the best

May 3, 2011

Mike

Good luck!

May 4, 2011

Niele

Thank you! I love quizlet. Hope you can go back to school eventually.
Good Luck!

May 4, 2011

Dan

Thank you for Quizlet...i love it so much and it helps me with my studying a lot! good luck!!!!

May 4, 2011

Dan

BTW...MAKE AN IPHONE APP!!!!!!!!! please

May 4, 2011

erin

that really makes sense, if you feel confident making it without a further education..
your job would be running the company anyway, MIT wasnt really necessary anymore.

aannnd now you can use this time to make me an iphone app!!!!!!!!!!!

May 4, 2011

lolz

hahha i love how all these people are procrastinating on studying by commenting...(-;

May 5, 2011

Olaf

Keep your head high!

May 5, 2011

Mpat

PLEASE don't start charging for this site!!!! As a teacher, this is a great resource and my students will really try to learn their vocab in order to play the games....but with all the current cuts in education funding, there's no way we would be able to use this site if there were costs involved. As a teacher, I am now in my third year of no raises and none are in site for the future. I don't mind paying for the "extras" like adding images, but PLEASE don't make us pay for the basics!!!!!

May 5, 2011

This website got my a 5 on my AP tests, amazing!!!

May 5, 2011

Borat

I Like! Itza very nice!

May 6, 2011

jazmyn

keep up andrew!!!

May 6, 2011

nerdyyyyyyyyy

good luck!

May 7, 2011

SplicedSpam

Thank you.

May 7, 2011

Megan

whats your number?

May 7, 2011

Christos

yeah dude. whats ur #

May 8, 2011

Ali

High school? awesome.
my parents went to MIT. you just need a degree there and bragging rights are all yours.
Thanks for doing this! way easier than email...

May 8, 2011

Ali again

oh yeah, please keep a free version, we use this for school and i'm only like a decade old.

May 9, 2011

breAkopendAsky

i like pie

May 9, 2011

Personally i think u shoulda stayed

May 9, 2011

But watever floats your boat bro

May 9, 2011

SOOO xcited

@C: dont be mean if he thinks its a good idea then he should go for it. who knows it might be a bigger deal later and he could end up like bill gates and his great great great great great great great grandchildren wont have to work unless he buys a country

May 9, 2011

SOOO xcited

he could afford to buy mexico canada AND brazil

May 9, 2011

SOOO xcited

YESSSS!!!!!^^^^

May 10, 2011

ME

hello

May 10, 2011

Trk

Great site, good luck with your decision.

May 10, 2011

Grace

I'm really glad quizlet is going to be even better and it has helped me alot. I just hope it wont start to cost because I wouldn't be able to pay for it. It's a great learning tool and I hope it will continue to be available to me

May 10, 2011

SOOO xcited

yup hes gonna end up like bill gate
I AM JELOUSE OF U ANDREW I DONT LIKE SCHOOL!!!!!!!

May 10, 2011

Annieee

I think you should finish school. This isn't all you can get out of life. You can achieve so much more - You have the potential.
But thanks for Quizlet, it's helped a lot.

May 11, 2011

I love this website. It has made my life so much easier with school and everything. Thanks for making studying fun:)

OH!! And good luck with everything, you'll do great with this website;)

May 11, 2011

Anonymous

You made the right choice. Your work with Quizlet is impacting millions of people. With taking this project full time and making quizlet a more effective study tool, you are going to revolutionize education. In some ways, you already are but you can do even better.

I hope this program continues to be free like the Khan Academy.

May 11, 2011

Anonymous

Maybe you should hire experts in certain fields (ie. biology) to help you create flashcard sets so we don't necessarly have to make them ourselves. Also, a billion people speak Hindi and I can't find any (decent) places to learn the language. I hope Hindi is one of your priorities. It's a tough language to learn and there needs to be better tools to

May 11, 2011

Edgar

discovered this recently, great job man! This is awesome!

May 12, 2011

Mary Claire

I found Quizlet for my AP Euro History class, it was incredibly helpful and I loved how useful it was and I got a 5 on the test! I tried it for my Spanish vocabulary and it worked miracles. It has helped me immensely and I have done excedingly well on my tests. So thank you! I assume that since you attended MIT you are an intelligent person, so I will not tell you to stay there, but I do think it would be wise to finish your education. Best of luck with whatever you decide!

May 13, 2011

welton

congratulations!
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May 13, 2011

Sue

Hey great idea! I've been helping the whole grade prepare for their quizzes, tests, and finals through quizlet. Thank you! And I wish you the best of luck!

May 14, 2011

Zach Clement

Hey dude, I just wanted to thank you for all the time you have put into Quizlet. It has helped me tremendously, as I have been taking many crucial tests my senior year. My only request is allowing 4 sides instead of two. This would allow for the better memorization of more complex functions. Lastly, good luck, and I look forward to seeing you achieve greatness with Quizlet and with finishing your schooling.

May 14, 2011

Naomi

Hey, I must say I'm really impressed by your decision. It's pretty brave, in my eyes. Good luck with all the work. I'm leaving behind the subjects Quizlet has helped me with most to study just Literature, so it will be interesting to see what use I can put Quizlet to then.

May 15, 2011

itsme

Great job with Quizlet! Its already really great and I cant wait to see what other things you come up with. I am so thankful that you made such as great site, I could never have gotten through finals with out it

May 15, 2011

itsme

But i really think that you should stay in school. When you finish then come back

May 15, 2011

Veronica

Good luck...normally I would say stay in school...but some people get along fine without college (cough...cough...Bill Gates, Steve Jobs) ...good luck! ...I'm going to MIT next year..and I plan on using Quizlet while i'm there

May 15, 2011

GuessWho?..You!

Well i dont think that is a great idea, leaving MIT? mmmm idk, but whatever its still a great place to pick up words.

May 15, 2011

Stephanie

Hey,
I think you have an amazing website that works wonders, and it may be beneficial to spend more time on solely that. Having said that, I think that MIT is an amazing place that will end up helping you in the long run. Do what you think is right, but know that school might be more important, and delaying progress might not really make that much of a difference.
My message- stay in school!
Good luck with everything.

May 15, 2011

James

The fact that you made it into MIT and studied there for so long shows your intelligence and hard work; the fact that you've left early shows it much more. Congratulations on everything!

May 16, 2011

SOOO xcited

im soo jealous of you i strongly dislike school and studying tat is why i use this site, to make studying better, i say go for it people who take risks end up getting rich as the bill gates

May 16, 2011

JLM, Austin, TX

Andrew ---

You have developed an incredible application and business. Congratulations.

Life is not about destinations, it is about the journey. It is constrained by time, space, energy and opportunity.

You have all those attributes in spades, so fret not but make a commitment to yourself to do justice to BOTH the business opportunity and your own education.

You have been provided an extraordinary opportunity --- to apply what you have learned directly and through your education. They are irrevocably intertwined and you have done a very, very good job with both of them.

Just the same as you have been at MIT and kept your business flourishing, you must now focus on your business while not allowing all those brain cells to atrophy. Keep a hand in the education business as you grow your business.

You have already proven that you can do this by your current successes.

Life experience and education are force multipliers --- the combination is much greater than the individual parts.

Make a firm commitment to get back to MIT at your earliest opportunity even if you go back for a single semester and then go back to work. Don't stop working on that degree.

Good luck. Godspeed and best wishes.

JLM

May 16, 2011

A. No Nemos

i've been using Quizlet on and off since 2006, and I just wanted to say thank you. It's really the place where I think technology might have trumped pen and paper, as I still am all for cursive writing and rubber erasers but dislike real life index cards. Anyways, I admire your determination in making a decision, and hope you will pursue what you chose to the farthest!

May 17, 2011

Andrew

Good luck man! You have the same name as me (lol)!
You have no idea how much I learned here.

May 17, 2011

Badarudheen K.T.

Great work! Good luck with your endeavors!
Sincerely wish that you'll meet the success you envisioned for Quizlet.

May 17, 2011

SOOO xcited

@JLM, Austin, TX: thats deep man deep... it made me think and wonder will i ever be as smart as u and then i stopped thinking cause my math teacher was yelling at me... will i ever get there? maybe ill just keep trying

May 17, 2011

Sarah

Quizlet: Helping me pass college, one test at a time.
Thanks!

May 17, 2011

Eric

Hooray! Good luck on your journey to make quizlet an even better studying site!

May 17, 2011

Emma

congrats!

May 18, 2011

Umme

Many people have already made the argument telling you not to leave MIT, but I'm sure you're not listening to them, since you've made the decision to leave anyway, and I'm not going to admit that I'm happy about this decision to leave, since I believe school is the most important thing, but you've made your life and you know what you're doing.

You've really made my life better and made it easier for me to pass classes I'd be failing otherwise, and I'm immensely grateful for it. Thank you so much.

Continuing your education isn't just about going to college and getting a degree. It's about learning from the world around you and letting every experience teach you a lesson. And you're not putting a stop to your education, you're just taking your life in a more informal direction. I'm sure you've learned from us as much as we've learned from you and your site, and I'm sure your education will continue to flourish as your users continue to upload flashcards that are meant to educate everyone.

Best of luck!

May 18, 2011

Casey (Girl)

GOOD LUCK!

May 18, 2011

Gavin

Great work on Quizlet. I think one of the best ways to monetize this site is to build supporting iPhone and Android apps that integrate with it. The best I've seen so far is Flashcards Deluxe on the iPhone. I use this app daily. It works and it's useful, but it's got some pretty serious usability issues. I'm hoping you (or someone!) can produce something better.

Keep up the great work! And good luck!

(Oh... and one last comment on your comment system. Replace it with Disqus. This takes almost no effort. You'll get more useful information and commenters can track replies.)

May 19, 2011

Will

Hey Andrew! Long time no see. I'm really amazed at what you have here.. and it's even more amazing that all this started in high school. I wish you the best of luck in your Quizlet career, old pal!
-Will

May 19, 2011

Yeah its me

yeah man GOOD LUCK!!! I use quizlet every day for school and its so helpful. thanks for everything you've done man...PEACE!!

May 19, 2011

Anonymous

I like your face

May 20, 2011

starbucksgirl_101

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May 21, 2011

chelsea

yes, good idea, now you can focus on making it better, b/c right now studystack.com has the option where u can make 3 categories to a flashcard, so i can make my drug flascards as trade, generic, and classification ALL IN ONE CARD. YOU SHOULD DO THIS TOO! B/C i love quizlet, i just can't use it to study stuff like my drugs........

May 22, 2011

Sunday

it 's quite fun and help to improve english for learn it by yourself, thank you

May 22, 2011

Mr. Buss

I am glad to hear that Quizlet is going to be getting more attention. As a teacher your site was great 5 years ago. The activities, however, are a little old.

The thing I STILL love about Quizlet is the ability to manipulate the questions and answers with the export function. I can create many activities in other programs and systems by manipulating my Quizlet data by putting in the different delimiters through your export function. I also use the flash embed function quite often as well. Quizlet is an integral part of my work flow.

I would really love it if you could work out some sort of integration with Moodle.

Good Luck!

May 23, 2011

Hawk

Good Job

May 23, 2011

abt79

thx

May 23, 2011

Anonymous

i think u should stay at MIT

May 23, 2011

elijoy

Dear Andrew,
I am a student and my spanish teacher uses Quizlet links to help my class with Moodle quizzes, so I agree that it would be great if you could connect the two somehow. I also appreciate the fact that you left MIT to help other people progress in their studies. Thank you.

May 24, 2011

i agree with # 230

May 24, 2011

=/

stay. at. school.
always good to have a backup plan. just do it man.

May 24, 2011

Mr. Awesomeness

I think you should have a backup plan just in case. =^O

May 25, 2011

Girl who cares

Dear Andrew,
Oh my gosh, I absolutely love quizlet, but I think you should stay finish school first! MIT, that's amazing, I do not think you should leave that for quizlet, just keep this on the side for now. It already is amazing, MIT could give you more. I think you are making to much of a sacrifice here.
Sincerely,
Girl who cares

May 28, 2011

Dan Blake

Hey man good luck, hope you have a backup plan though, just i case. Honestly, staying at MIT and finishing there is better for you I think, but this is your life decision, im sure you put a lot of thought into it before you made this decision.

Best of luck!

Sincerly,
Dan Blake

May 28, 2011

Dan Blake

To add to my previous comment, i think it would be a good addition for vocabulary declension chart flashcards. As a Latin student that would be very useful to me.
Thank you for being so dedicated to us users!

May 29, 2011

K.M.

I am in medical school and studying for my boards and I just wanted to thank you for making this. I wish I had discovered it earlier in my medical school career. I now have most of my class using it and have spread the word to nu undergrad. best of luck!

May 29, 2011

Cris

Thanks so much, science this tool has come up it has help my grade a whole lettter and helping my class for exams

May 29, 2011

Jessi

It would also be cool to have an Iphone app so you can study your flashcards on the go! just a suggestion. This site is literally saving my butt on the GRE!

Congratulations on your decision. I stumbled upon Quizlet two months ago and it was what I had been looking for during the past 5 years. I trust that it will only improve as the years go by; I'm excited to be part of the ride. You'll do great!

May 31, 2011

summmahh

243 comment...woo hoo

June 1, 2011

Lore

Andrew - Best of luck! Love your site. Thanks for your dedication. Maybe MIT will allow you to finish remotely, even if one class at a time? Worth a shot, right?!

Im in school right now. Me and my classmate think that Quizlet should have way more games and less boring stuff.. We like Quizlet but we just wanna have more fun on it.. It would help a bunch if u guys made like 2 or 3 more games to help us learn words, math, ect.
Thank you!

June 2, 2011

Arya

Congratulations! Hope things works out. Your web site is very handy.

June 4, 2011

Grace

OH MY GOD I just want to say THANKS SO MUCH for making quizlet i don't know how I would have made it through high school without this website

June 4, 2011

Andrew

Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions! I will definitely take these in consideration when updating the site.

I go to an all girls school with an extremely rigorous environment and I can guarantee you that at least 80% of our student body uses quizlet for studying. Thanks so much for this awesome tool! I'm actually using a set right now to study for finals. (:

I've heard a lot about quizlet and I know a lot of people that use it so I have made one too!
It's nice that you're putting in so much effort into this site! I know a great many that are grateful. Have a nice future with quizlet!

June 7, 2011

alex

Thank you for Quizlet! I think Quizlet should either incorporate some of Salman Khan's ideas from the Khan Academy to make interactive learning part of work and not just homework or join forces to reinvent education altogether. Please, Please at least have a look at Salman Khan's TED talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html

June 7, 2011

MPOLLARD

I love Quizlet for the same reason the creator does, it helps me in school and it is also fun to create new sets and then have my friends try them and beat my score. If it wasn't for Quizlet, then I wouldn't have the good scores that I have know and I give a big thumbs up to the creator!!

Sincerely,
Mark Pollard (MPOLLARD)

June 7, 2011

griff1010

I would not throw away MIT to go full time. The website is in full swing with what you mentioned as a full staff. Finishing MIT would probably benefit the website. That being said, well done.. this site is a wonderful study tool.

June 8, 2011

sarah g.

hey Andrew!
thanks so much for everything you've already done for us! Quizlet is, to be honest, pretty darn cool and such an amazing study site. personally I think that you should go ahead and finish out your time at MIT, considering the great opportunity and honor it is to be at such a school! (in any case congrats on being there!) I think your site, obviously doing very well, can go a few years on your co-workers' shoulders while you learn all you can at school; then you can apply that which you learned to even better enhance your site. whatever you choose, though, I know we'll all be supporting you. Thanks again!
~sarah

Andrew, thanks for creating Quizlet. I'm really grateful that you gave up such a big sacrifice of going to MIT for making Quizlet even better - Thanks for your sacrifice to make our studying lives better! :)

This site has helped me study for all my recertification exams as an emergency room nurse. I stumbled upon this site while looking for study flash cards. Thank You!!! I have turned my teenage grandchildren onto your site. One of my grandchildren is also looking at MIT. Do go back or finish your degree another way. It is harder as life gets more complicated. Good Luck.

There's one thing I'm dearly missing about Quizlet (and the reason for me using Anki, which is not exactly user-friendly and fun...) is spaced repetition e.g. following the Leitner system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_System). If it had that, I'd pay for it.

That picture is EXACTLY what I pictured the Quizlet offices looking like. Bunch of computers, brick walls, cheesy website poster and a bunch of geeks sitting on the floor playing cards. Only letdown is that I see a Gatorade, but not a Monster or a Cheetos in sight.

I do think that teachers need to have the OPTION to have a gradebook. Perhaps you could make that one of the benefits of the TEACHER membership. Right now I am paying another website mostly for this feature. But I would gladly drop my membership if I thought I could do this with Quizlet because you have so many other features that I love.

Here is what else I love -
1. Automatic quizzes
2. Audio
3. Being able to load Word documents. However, this is not as smooth as I would like it. I still have to clean things up (delete spaces) once I have imported the information. Perhaps your people can work out the bugs. But I do love this feature.

MY OWN QUIZZES -
Once students have had the opportunity to practice using Quizlet, I want to give them a test and see what they remember so I would like to create my own quizzes with picture/video prompts, fill-in, multiple-choice questions.

The two biggest desires I have for quizlet:
-iPad app w/ full screen flash cards
-Ability to have multiple correct answers, I use learn mode primarily and I use quizlet to study for my medical laboratory science classes so it isn't vocabulary in the same sense as the app is really designed for. There are often multiple terms for the same thing and I can't always remember which one I arbitrarily picked for the card. Would be nice if I could enter both as being right.

As an aside, it would be nice if there was a key shortcut for "override, I was right". I go through my cards pretty quick and use my keyboard mostly in learn mode so it really breaks my concentration to have to use the mouse to click the override. Maybe such a thing already exists.

Please keep this a free tool to use. it has helped me and so many, a lot of kids who usally fall through the cracks are now getting an education that is so easy to study that they can do it anywhere on the go. and the ones who usally dont study and say they do cant get out of studying because teachers know now if they really did or not. thank you so much for quizlet and good luck!

Andrew,
This probably won't happen, but in case you feel like this site is so good that maybe you can charge the site for a few bucks,
DON'T. PLEASE.
This site helped me learn a lot more subjects WAAAYY easier.